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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Twickenham 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 23
| DISEASE | CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS) | Total Cases Notified | Deaths | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 35- 45 | 45-65 | Over 65 | Age not known | |||
| Diphtheria | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | Nil | _ |
| Dysentery | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | _ | 16 | _ |
| Erysipelas | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | _ | 5 | _ |
| Pood Poisoning | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | Nil | _ |
| Malaria | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ |
| Measles | 28 | 103 | 109 | 130 | 137 | 487 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 1027 | _ |
| Meningococcal Infection | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | Nil | _ | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | Nil | _ | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | _ | 29 | |
| Poliomyelitis | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | Nil | _ | |
| Puerperal pyrexia | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | 9 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 12 | _ |
| Scarlet Fever | _ | 4 | _ | 6 | 3 | 17 | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 34 | _ |
| Smallpox | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | Nil | _ |
| Typhoid & Para_ Typhoid | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | Nil | _ | |
| Whooping cough | _ | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 41 | _ |
| Totals | 31 | 117 | 118 | 140 | 146 | 518 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 11 | _ | 1165 | |